- Tell me about yourself.
- How would your friends describe you?
- What makes you different from the other candidates for this position?
- Describe the accomplishment of which you are the most proud.
- Why should we hire you?
- What strengths and attributes could you bring to this position?
- Why did you choose Harvard?
- How did you select your concentration?
- Describe the course that has had the greatest impact on your thinking.
- How did you become involved in your extracurricular activities?
- How did you find your summer jobs?
- Describe the job or the activity which has had the greatest impact on your career goals.
- If you could make a major policy change at Harvard (or another institution with which you are affiliated), what would it be?
- What are your career and educational goals?
- What would you like to be doing five/ten years from now?
- Why are you pursuing this field?
- What interests/impresses you about this company?
- What do you believe are the key issues and problems in our industry today?
- What do you think it takes to be successful in this field?
- What other jobs/fields are you considering?
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- In what kind of work environment do you do your best work? With what kind of people do you like to work?
- What kinds of tasks and responsibilities motivate you the most?
- What is your ideal job?
- Do you have a geographical preference?
- Tell me about what you learned from your previous jobs.
- What did you dislike most about your last job?
- What do you think you would like least about this job/company/field?
- What is your greatest weakness?
- Have you ever failed at anything?
- What has been your greatest challenge?
- What do you enjoy doing outside of work in your free time?
- If you had six months ahead with no obligations and no financial constraints, what would you do?
- If you could invite anyone you would like to a dinner party (famous or historical figures, dead or alive), which ten people would you invite?
- If you could trade places with someone for a week, who would it be?
- What is your favorite book/movie/song/painting-or author/actor/singer/artist?
- Which magazines/newspapers do you read regularly?
- Which books have you read recently?
- What would you like me to know about you that is not on your resume?
- What would you like your lasting impression to be?
- Do you have a final statement?
- Do you have any questions you'd like to ask of me?
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